WeBS and Wildlife Sightings
All Reservoir:- 28 Great Crested Grebe + 1 nest at West End, 14 Grey Heron, 23 Canada Geese with 19 young, 49 Mallard with 11 young.
Dam End:- 1 Little Grebe, 17 Mandarin with 7 young, 1 Red Kite, 1 Honey Buzzard distantly, 1f Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 55 Swifts, 10 House Martin, 1 Swallow, 2+3juv Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle and 4 Song Thrushes, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch flyover, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
West End:- 34 Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, 74 Greylag, 1f Mandarin with 2 young, 1f Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 12 Common Tern at rafts, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush heard, Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff.
Also:- Blue-tailed Damselfly at Car Park, 1 Fox on Pintail bank, 1 Terrapin.
Whillet’s:- 3 Reed Warbler one carrying food, 1 Lesser Whitethroat heard, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, Yellowhammer heard, 2m Reed Bunting.
Also:- 1 Roe Deer, 8 Grass snakes (survey), 1 Field Vole. A wasp mimic Hoverfly – Sericomyia silentis (See pic)
Butterflies:- 1 Red Admiral, 4 Meadow Brown, 2 Common Blue, 3 Large Skipper, 1 Green-veined White, c100 Peacock and c20 Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars seen.
Moths:– 1 Brown-china mark, 3 Burnet Companion, 1 Common Carpet, 2+ Grass Rivulet (whose caterpillar food plant is Yellow Rattle seed pods – See pic), 1 Silver-ground Carpet, 1 Straw Dot.
Dragonflies and Damselflies:- 2 Beautiful Demoiselle, 1m Broad-bodied Chaser, 4 White-legged damselfly, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, c100 pairs of Azure Damselflies laying eggs at meadow pond.
